Oklahoma Center for the Book. 2010 Oklahoma Book Award Program.

O2k0lah1om0a Book Awards
Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors
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Photographs on the program cover are by David Fitzgerald. Front cover: trees in the water,
Mountain Fork River in Beavers Bend State Park, late fall. Back cover: sand-stone rocks, Oklahoma
Panhandle between Kenton and Black Mesa State Park.
Welcome to the
21st Annual
Oklahoma
Book Awards
Ceremony
OKLAHOMA
BOOK
AWA R D
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The Oklahoma Heritage Association
Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book thank Bob Burke
for making this evening possible. We greatly appreciate his many
years of support for the Book Award program and other Oklahoma
Center for the Book projects.
2010 • Oklahoma Book Awards
Welcome Lynn McIntosh
President, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Greetings from the State Library Susan McVey
Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Greetings from the Library of Congress Guy Lamolinara
Center for the Book, Library of Congress
Master of Ceremonies Jane Jayroe
Former Miss America, journalist, and author
Ralph Ellison Award Presentation Dr. Bob L. Blackburn
Honoring Stan Hoig Executive Director, Oklahoma History Center
Distinguished Service Award Presentation N. Scott Momaday
Honoring Teresa Miller Award-winning author and poet
Children/Young Adult Award Presentation Julie Dill
Educator, Moore Public Schools
Fiction Award Presentation Dee Fisher
Board Member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Design/Illustration Award Presentation Glenda Carlile
Former Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Poetry Award Presentation Sandra Soli
Recipient of the 2008 Poetry Award
Non-Fiction Award Presentation Revere Young
Board Member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation Douglas A. Pfeiffer
Honoring David Fitzgerald Publisher, Book Publishing Consultant
Announcements Lynn McIntosh
Music provided by Jill Justice
The book sale and signing continues after dinner. Best of Books contributes all proceeds to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for
the Book. Please enjoy visiting with the book award medalists and finalists.
Stan Hoig
Recipient of the 2010 Ralph Ellison Award
Author and historian Stan Hoig became one of the most prolific writers of the American West.
A native Okie, Hoig was raised in Gage, Oklahoma, and joined the Army Air Corps in 1943,
serving three years during World War II. Following his tenure in the military, he returned home
and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Oklahoma State University, and later received
a master’s degree as well as a doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Hoig began his career writing articles and books on the American West in the 1950s. His first
book, The Humor of the American Cowboy, was published in 1958 and remains in print today.
Hoig published a wide variety of articles in magazines and professional journals such as the
Chronicles of Oklahoma and Encyclopedia of the American West. Moreover, he had twenty-five
books published and listed with the Library of Congress including The Sand Creek Massacre,
The Battle of the Washita, Perilous Pursuit: The U.S. Calvary and the Northern Cheyennes, and The
Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade.
Hoig’s expertise on the American West led him to become advisor to several television
productions including the Discovery Channel’s “The Way the West Was Lost,” “Real West,”
A&E Channel’s “Southern Cheyennes,” and the British Broadcasting Company’s “Land Runs of
Oklahoma.”
Hoig enjoyed a distinguished teaching career, serving as a professor of journalism at the
University of Central Oklahoma. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Muriel
H. Wright Award, the Edmond Historical Society Roll of Honor, Oklahoma State University
Clement E. Trout Writing Award, and the American Association of University Professors
Distinguished Scholar Award.
Hoig received the Oklahoma Book Award in the Children/Young Adult category in 1991 for
A Capitol for the Nation. He was honored four additional times as a finalist for the Oklahoma
Book Award: three times in Non-fiction for The Cherokees and their Chiefs: In the Wake of Empire
(2000), White Man’s Paper Trail: Grand Councils and Treaty-Making on the Central Plains (2007),
and The Chouteaus (2009); and once again in the Children/Young Adult category for It’s the
Fourth of July (1996).
The Ralph Ellison Award
From time to time, the Ralph Ellison Award, honoring a deceased Oklahoma writer, is presented.
The award is named after the first recipient, Ralph Ellison, author of the ground-breaking novel
Invisible Man. A list of Ellison Award recipients is listed on the Previous Winners page of this
program.
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Teresa Miller
Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award
Miller is author of the memoir, Means of Transit, and the novels Remnants of Glory and Family Cor-respondence.
PBS anchor Jim Lehrer describes her as “a novelist with superb skills.”
In 1994 she founded the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, now based at Oklahoma State
University–Tulsa, where she teaches advanced fiction and regional literature. Through the Center,
she maintains the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame and sponsors her signature event, the Celebra-tion
of Books. The Celebration has hosted many of the country’s leading authors, including Pat
Conroy, N. Scott Momaday, Frank McCourt, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Dave Barry, Isabel Al-lende,
and Amy Tan.
Miller is also host and executive producer of the television series “Writing Out Loud,” now enter-ing
its twelfth season on OETA, Oklahoma’s PBS affiliate. The show, which has featured over 15
Pulitzer winners, is known for its in-depth interviews with writers. But first and foremost, she is
one of the leading advocates for Oklahoma authors. Recently, she and her memoir were featured
on NPR ’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”
The Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award honors contributions to Oklahoma’s Literary Community,
through service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book or through other endeavors.
SKIRVIN CARL
BRUNE SKIRVIN
JACK MONEY & STEVE LACK-MEYER
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
2010 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Children/Young Adult
Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover
Darleen Bailey Beard Farrar, Straus, Giroux: New York, NY
Annie Glover thinks her activist grandmother has gone too far trying to save Elmer, a century-old
tree. Annie’s fourth grade classmates are ridiculing her, and Leroy Kirk goes so far as to call
her a “tree lover.” Although Annie and her classmates would rather see Elmer cut down so a
swimming pool could be installed, she begins to understand the tree’s significance and her
grandmother’s desire to save it. Beard, a resident of Norman, Oklahoma, introduces readers
to exciting characters, including three parachuting Elvis impersonators. In 2003 she won the
Oklahoma Book Award in the Children/Young Adult category for The Babbs Switch Story.
For a Girl Becoming Joy Harjo The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
Harjo celebrates the evolution of women from birth, childhood, youth, and eventually
to adulthood. The author highlights the transformative moments in life that should be
acknowledged and serve as an opportunity to provide guidance in a positive direction.
Harjo also expresses the importance of family and community as they prepare the young
girl for life’s events, all the while reminding her that she is deeply cherished and loved. Harjo,
a Mvskoke/Creek, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a two-time Oklahoma Book Award
winner in poetry, and received the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
Paris Pan takes the Dare Cynthea Liu G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY
Paris Pan suddenly finds herself a newcomer in Nowheresville, Oklahoma. It’s not a good
place to be for a twelve-year old whose family is in chaos, whose friends are more like
enemies, and whose boyfriend is a “dork.” To make matters worse, Paris discovers that years
ago a girl died, near her new house, from taking a seventh-grade rite of passage known as
the “Dare.” Believing she is hearing from the dead girl’s ghost, Paris must consider taking
the “Dare” herself. Liu spent her youth in Oklahoma and now resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Time of the Witches Anna Myers Walker & Company, New York, NY
An orphan, Drucilla, has been taken in by the Putnam family in Salem Village. Although she
knows that something is strange about Mistress Putnam, Drucilla considers her the mother
she never had. Following the arrival of a new minister and his household, strange things begin
to happen in Salem Village. Young girls are becoming ill from unknown causes. As accusations
swirl, and rumors of witchcraft abound, Drucilla desperately seeks to find the truth. Myers,
four-time Oklahoma Book Award winner in this category, lives in Chandler, Oklahoma.
Chicken Dance Tammi Sauer Sterling Publishing Company Inc., New York, NY
Sauer puts forth a delightful story about Marge and Lola, two chickens on a mission.
Their quest is to win the barnyard talent contest and two tickets to see Elvis Poultry in
concert. Both Marge and Lola must choose a talent that will surpass the other barnyard
animals entered in the competition. These are no ordinary animals as children are
introduced to moon-jumping cows and water-surfing ducks. Sauer, who claims to
have danced with a few chickens during her youth, resides in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Night Fires George Edward Stanley Aladdin, New York, NY
In 1923 after the sudden death of his father, Woodrow Harper moves with his mother
to Lawton, Oklahoma, to begin a new life. With the assistance of Senator Crawford, his
next-door neighbor, Woodrow begins to move forward and develops a close relationship
with the senator. However, he soon discovers that Lawton has many dark secrets and
the senator is heavily involved in them. Woodrow must decide whether to fight for what
his real father believed in, or remain quiet to the horrible events taking place. Stanley’s
story covers a painful truth in America’s history. He lives in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Fiction
Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness
William Bernhardt Ballantine Books, New York, NY
Legendary crime fighter Eliot Ness tackles America’s first serial killer in Bernhardt’s new thriller.
Booklist calls the book a “rousing success” and a “lightly fictionalized account” of the last
major investigation of the famed treasury agent who put Al Capone behind bars. Turn the
clock back to 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, and follow Ness as he proves to himself and the country
that he can solve the gruesome murders of the Torso Killer. In his well-researched portrayal
of Ness, Bernhardt produces a fascinating historical novel. The Tulsa writer is a two-time
Oklahoma Book Award winner, and the author of the bestselling Ben Kincaid mystery series.
Confessions of a Former Rock Queen Kirk Bjornsgaard 4RV Publishing, Edmond, OK
Baby boomers will rejoice in the talented writing of Kirk Bjornsgaard as he tells the
story of an Oklahoma small town girl finding her way to Rock Star fame. It’s the
sixties, the beginning of a new breed of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and music isn’t the only thing
that’s changing. Sally Moore’s life follows the ups and downs of fame and fortune
as she jumps on board a fast moving musical and cultural journey. The late Kirk
Bjornsgaard was Acquisitions Editor for the University of Oklahoma Press and a
musician. He and his wife, Noma Krasney, made their home in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Sky Took Him Donis Casey Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ
This is the fourth in the popular Alafair Tucker mystery series, complete with
evocative writing, a tantalizing whodunit, and delicious “Tucker” family recipes. In
this adventure, Alafair’s nephew-in-law has gone missing at just the time his help
is most needed. Family relationships are juxtaposed against historical detail as
Casey spins another suspenseful tale. Donis Casey was born and raised in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. She now lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband. This is the third of
Casey’s Tucker mysteries to make the finalist list for the Oklahoma Book Award.
The Wind Comes Sweeping Marcia Preston Mira Books, Ontario, Canada
Marcia Preston is not afraid to tackle big issues in her newest novel. Following the death of
her father, Marik Youngblood has returned to Oklahoma and her family’s failing cattle ranch.
To shore up the financial shortcomings, she has leased the land to a power company for
giant wind turbines. One neighbor in particular is up in arms over the situation. When the
body of an infant turns up during installation of a wind tower, Marik is determined to find
out the secrets surrounding its death. The book tackles a host of women’s issues: pregnancy,
adoption, domestic violence, and women’s roles. Marcia Preston received the 2004 Oklahoma
Book Award for Song of the Bones. She lives with her husband in Central Oklahoma.
The Yard Dog Sheldon Russell Minotaur Books, New York, NY
Sheldon Russell uses the World War II Oklahoma POW camps and the Waynoka rail yard as
the setting for his historical mystery. Hook Runyon, railroad security officer and one-armed
book collector, works to discover how Sparks Dugan, down and out coal picker, ends up under
one of the “reefer” cars. He is aided in this endeavor by a local moonshiner, and an educated
Jewish professor, Dr. Reina Kaplan. This book is a punch of history, mixed with interesting
characters and plenty of action. Sheldon Russell won the 2007 Oklahoma Book Award in
Fiction for Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush. He lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The Sound of Honor Jim Stovall Hawk Publishing, Tulsa, OK
Protagonist Jacob Dyer is a blind detective. With the help of his gorgeous, able assistant,
Monica, and limo driver, Franklin, Dyer heads to Amarillo to help the widow of his best
friend find out what really happened to her husband. Played out against a background of
murder and greed, Jacob recalls memories of his friend John. Jim Stovall’s insights on living
as a blind person bring a fresh perspective to The Sound of Honor. He is the author of the
bestselling book, The Ultimate Gift, and co-founder and president of the Narrative Television
Network, making movies and television accessible for the blind and visually impaired.
Design/Illustration
Lanterns on the Prairie: The Blackfeet Photographs of Walter McClintock
Design by Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes-Thumann
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Anderson and Hayes-Thumann’s design is simple and clean, providing a reverent space to
showcase the historic and artful photographic work of Walter McClintock. Until now, only a
few of McClintock’s early twentieth-century photos of the Blackfeet have been published.
This volume features more than 100 of the photos with five accompanying essays. The book
designers, along with photographer Todd Stewart, received the Oklahoma Book Award
last year for Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese American Internment.
Anderson and Hayes-Thumann are on the faculty of the OU School of Art and Art History.
Skirvin Design by Carl Brune Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK
From the amazing book jacket, to the “blueprint” end sheets and everything in between,
Brune’s design commands respect for the book’s subject matter—Oklahoma City’s oldest
and grandest hotel. Historic photographs and letters, press clippings, and images of
memorabilia from the Skirvin Hotel’s various eras accompany the reader throughout
the journey. Tulsa’s Carl Brune is a three-time Oklahoma Book Award winner, and one of
his medals was for another Money and Lackmeyer book, OKC: Second Time Around.
Roots from the Cherokees, Promises for our Future:
The Chronicle of Northeastern State University
Design by Buffy Cooper Müllerhaus Publishing Group, Tulsa, OK
Cooper’s embossed cover and scrapbook design lend a treasured intimacy to this history of
Oklahoma’s venerable Northeastern State University. The running timeline, historic photos,
pictures of memorabilia, press clippings, and sidebar articles provide an enlightening,
even serendipitous, experience for the reader. Cooper is senior art director at Müllerhaus.
She holds a degree in Visual Communications from Oklahoma State University. Her
talents have enabled her to assist companies in a wide variety of industries, including
greeting card and gifts, oil-production, health care, publishing and home furnishings.
Willard Stone Design by Carol Haralson University of Tulsa/Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
With loving attention to detail, Harralson employs sophisticated layouts, provocative photo
crops, and breathtaking double-page spreads to celebrate the work of Cherokee carver
Willard Stone. The result is a work that transcends the traditional art book. This is the second
title in the Artists of Gilcrease series. Oklahoma native Haralson serves as this series’ editor,
as well. She is a master book designer, with seven Oklahoma Book Awards to her credit.
Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In
Design by Skip McKinstry Cottonwood Publications, Oklahoma City, OK
“Fun” best describes McKinstry’s book design, which turns a beloved company’s
history into a full-fledged celebration. The bold goldenrod cover sets the stage for
this nostalgic look at an Oklahoma and American favorite, complete with historic
photos, shots of promotional items, and memorabilia. This is the third time McKinstry
has been honored as an Oklahoma Book Award finalist in this category. His standing
order is a SuperSonic cheeseburger with jalapenos, tots and a Diet coke.
Where to Sleep Illustrations by Kandy Radzinski Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Radzinski’s vibrant illustrations have been honored with four Oklahoma Book Awards,
for The Twelve Cats of Christmas, S is for Sooner, What Cats Want for Christmas, and
What Dogs Want for Christmas. In her latest children’s book, also authored by her,
a tired little kitten hunts for the perfect place to catch some Z’s. The artist lives in
Tulsa, with her husband Mark and son Ian, and two dogs, Kirby and Beanie.
Poetry
Fault Line: Vulnerable Landscapes
Karen Coody Cooper Soddenbank Press, Tahlequah, OK
Cooper was born in Tulsa and raised in Collinsville. She worked in museums around the
country, enjoyed publishing success in her chosen field, and eventually came home
to Oklahoma and settled in Tahlequah. She released Fault Line at the age of 62, and it
represents more than forty years of adult written poetry. She says the collection captures
“certain essences of my life (but not everything).” Cooper’s poetry also reveals an honest
persona, a vulnerability tempered by a strong voice, and a good sense of humor.
Contrapuntal Carol Hamilton Finishing Line Press Georgetown, KY
Continuing her exploration of art and the lives of other artists, Hamilton offers
Contrapuntal—an amazing collection inspired by one of history’s most curious love
triangles, involving Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Hamilton’s poems
reflect the independent, yet connected, melodies of the three musicians. Hamilton
was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995–1997. She received the Oklahoma Book Award
for Poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust, and is now a five-time finalist in this category.
Work Is Love Made Visible: Poems and Family Photographs
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish West End Press, Albuquerque, NM
Influenced by cherished photographs and treasured memories, Mish’s poetry
captures the heart of a family and era. Her verses are true to the language of a time,
place and people, yet add a poetic dimension to a quintessentially Plains family
story. Mish is a native Oklahoman who returned home after twenty years to study
for her PhD in American Literature and to grow tomatoes. She is a 2010 Western
Heritage Award winner in literature for Work Is Love Made Visible. She is receiving
that award tonight at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961–1991
N. Scott Momaday University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
Originally issued in 1992, this reprint includes poems written over a thirty year span, and
drawings created “over something less than twenty.” The New York Times Book Review called
this collection “strong medicine, strong art indeed.” Momaday was named an Oklahoma
Cultural Treasure in 1999 by Governor Frank Keating and the Oklahoma Arts Council.
He is a Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction for his novel House Made of Dawn, and has been
honored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book with the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement
Award. He received the 2000 Oklahoma Book Award in Poetry for In the Bear’s House.
Too Long a Solitude James Ragan University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Lyrical, sophisticated, and simply gorgeous, Ragan’s poetry take us on a journey
to discover the lessons of solitude, and to find out what it means to belong. He is
an award-winning poet, as well as an accomplished playwright and screenwriter.
He served for twenty-five years as director of the Graduate Professional Writing
Program at the University of Southern California, and was visiting professor emeritus
in screenwriting at the University of Oklahoma in the spring and fall of 2008.
After the Aftermath Renata Treitel Out on a Limb Publishing, Tulsa, OK
Born out of “a necessity to deal with the turmoil provoked by a yearlong stay in
Germany in the 1990s,” Treitel’s book is fearless in confronting the meanings of
identity, nationality and displacement. This fearlessness is reflected in her poetical
structure, which can transcend traditional forms. Treitel was born in Switzerland and
educated on three continents. She is an award-winning poet, and retired part-time
instructor of Italian and Spanish in Tulsa. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in
Poetry in 1997 for her translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun.
Non-Fiction
Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In
Bob L. Blackburn Cottonwood Publications, Oklahoma City, OK
Blackburn details the history of Sonic, America’s Drive-In from its humble beginning in
Shawnee, Oklahoma, to today’s 3,500 drive-ins located from coast to coast. The author shares
the story of Troy Smith and Charlie Pappe, the company’s co-founders, who despite limited
resources decided to expand their small business. Working upon their business philosophy
of hard work, preparedness, and motivation, the two entrepreneurs changed the restaurant
industry in America. The author also details the challenges and proactive business responses
that resulted in Sonic becoming one of the most beloved drive-in restaurant chains in
the country. Blackburn serves as executive director of the Oklahoma History Center.
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma Blue Clark University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Clark has created a much needed update on Oklahoma’s Indian Tribes. The author
provides an in-depth, comprehensive description of the Indian tribes and Native people
that call Oklahoma home. The book gives a statistical and narrative summary of each
tribe, and gives a contemporary account of each group including their ceremonies,
tribal businesses, and tribal websites. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Clark resides in Oklahoma City, and holds the David Pendleton Chair in American
Studies and is Professor of History and Law at Oklahoma City University.
Divided Hearts: The Presbyterian Journey through Oklahoma History
Michael Cassity and Danney Goble University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Utilizing historical documents and church-member accounts, Cassity and Goble chronicle
the history of the Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma, beginning prior to statehood and
continuing through the twentieth century. The book highlights the role and impact
of Presbyterian missions among the Five Civilized Tribes, the difference between
Presbyterianism and other denominations, and the preachers and congregations they
served. Moreover, the book addresses the Presbyterian response to slavery, Indian
removal, industrialization, racism, and economic depression. Cassity lives in Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma. The late Danney Goble was an award winning author and historian.
Coach Tommy Thompson and the Boys of Sequoyah
Patti Dickinson University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
A native Oklahoman, Dickinson explores the life and career of Cherokee legend Tommy
Thompson. The author describes the circumstances surrounding Thompson’s arrival in 1915 at
Sequoyah Vocational School, a government-run Indian boarding school. Dickinson examines
Thompson’s collegiate career both on and off the gridiron at Northeastern State College, and
his eventual return in 1947 to the Sequoyah Vocational School, where he coached for eleven
years. Dickinson also provides valuable insight regarding life in Oklahoma’s boarding schools.
Tar Creek: A History of the Quapaw Indians, the World’s Largest Lead
and Zinc Discovery, and the Tar Creek Superfund Site
Larry G. Johnson Tate Publishing & Enterprises, Mustang, OK
Johnson provides an intriguing look at the history of a people and a place. He explores
the Quapaw Indians from their earliest recorded history in the Western Hemisphere to
their arrival in present-day Oklahoma. The author examines the 1914 discovery of lead
and zinc in Picher, Oklahoma, to the creation of the Tar Creek Superfund Site and its
economic, environmental, and social impact. Johnson resides in Owasso, Oklahoma.
Choctaw Crime and Punishment, 1884–1907
Devon Abbott Mihesuah University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Mihesuah examines the impact of crime in the Choctaw Nation between the Civil
War and Oklahoma statehood. Focusing on two prominent murder cases, the author
highlights the division among the Choctaws between the conservative Nationalists and
the progressive faction that favored assimilation. Underlying the violence, Mihesuah
explains the political and cultural schism that erupted as a result of white encroachment
on Choctaw land and resources as well as federal legislation that assisted in the white
intrusion. A member of the Choctaw Nation, Mihesuah serves as Cora Lee Beers Price
Professor in International Cultural Understanding at the University of Kansas.
Skirvin Jack Money and Steve Lackmeyer Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK
This book describes the history of the Skirvin Hotel and its economic and cultural impact on
Oklahoma City. Skirvin details the initial vision of W.B. Skirvin to bring a luxury hotel to the
city, its grand opening in October 1911 through its heyday in the 1920s, ownership changes
and the decades the hotel stood empty, and its rebirth in the twenty-first century. The authors
showcase the people and personalities surrounding the Skirvin including the celebrities,
politicians, and heads-of-state who stayed at the hotel to the various business leaders and city
officials who fought to bring it back. Money and Lackmeyer both live in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Story
Jeff Moore and Larry O’Dell Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
Moore and O’Dell have compiled a revealing history regarding rock and roll in Oklahoma.
The book explores the different musical styles such as rhythm and blues, jazz, and
western swing that came together to help create Oklahoma’s brand of rock and roll
music. The book exposes the contributions made by music pioneers with Oklahoma
roots such as Bob Wills, Woody Guthrie, Wanda Jackson, Leon Russell, and Wayne Coyne.
Moreover, towns and cities across the state that offered a stage for Oklahoma musicians
to work, along with radio stations that played their music, are paid homage in this book.
Both Moore and O’Dell work at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
Thomas Gilcrease
Randy Ramer, Carole Klein, Kimberly Roblin, Eric Singleton, Anne Morand,
Gary Moore, and April Miller Gilcrease Museum/University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
The authors chronicle the life and legacy of Thomas Gilcrease. The book addresses
Gilcrease’s business and travel adventures as well as his family life. However, the
book focuses primarily on his vision of developing a world class museum. His dream
culminated in the creation of the Gilcrease Museum, home to some of the finest art
work in the world. Moreover, the largest collection of art and artwork regarding the
American West is housed at the museum. Ramer, Klein, Roblin, and Singleton work at
the Gilcrease Museum. Morand works at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum in Oklahoma City. Moore works at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
in Austin, Texas. Miller works at the Denver Botanical Gardens in Denver, Colorado.
Congratulations
David G. Fitzgerald
recipient of the
2010 Arrell Gibson
Lifetime Achievement Award
Douglas A. Pfeiffer
Publishing Consultant
Ingram Publisher Services Inc.
and
David Fitzgerald
Recipient of the 2010 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
The spectacular photography of lifelong Oklahoma resident David G. Fitzgerald has thrilled
booklovers for more than three decades. Fitzgerald’s published work began receiving national
attention immediately when the coffee-table book Oklahoma arrived in bookstores in 1979. This
would be the first of many books featuring his stunning photographic work. Books that followed
include Ozarks, Israel: Land of Promise, Mansion Fare, Oklahoma II, Portrait of the Ozarks, Oklahoma
Crossroads, Bison: Monarch of the Plains, Cherokee, Chickasaw: Unconquered and Unconquerable,
Oklahoma 3, and Cherokee Trail of Tears.
Fitzgerald began his career as an artist and illustrator, and this background continues to influence
his photography, prompting one critic to note, “the painter’s eye remains much in evidence.”
In addition to his books, his work has been showcased in both state and national exhibits. His
photographic documentary of the Benedictine Monks at St. Gregory’s Monastery in Shawnee,
Oklahoma, is displayed there. “Oklahoma II” is a permanent exhibit in the Donna Nigh Gallery at
the University of Central Oklahoma. His “Cherokee Nation: A Portrait of a People” exhibit has ap-peared
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Natives of North America Museum
in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Oklahoma Historical Society. The “Cherokee Trail of Tears” exhibit
includes fifty photographs from his book Cherokee Trail of Tears. Fitzgerald’s work also appears
in the State Arts Collection and the University of Oklahoma Museum of Art.
In 1999 Fitzgerald received the Oklahoma Book Award in the Design/Illustration category for
Bison: Monarch of the Plains. In 2003 his book Cherokee won the Benjamin Franklin Award and
was a finalist for the Oklahoma Books Awards. In 2007 he won a gold and bronze IPPY award
at the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Chickasaw: Unconquered and Unconquerable.
Fitzgerald was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 2005, and has been named
Oklahoma Photographer of the Year three times. He is a lifetime member of the International
Photography Hall of Fame.
Lovers of his work can rest assured there is more to come. Fitzgerald has two new books avail-able
in May 2010: Chickasaw Renaissance and Building One Fire. He is currently working on a book
entitled Courthouse Legends that features all seventy-seven county courthouses and four federal
courthouses in Oklahoma.
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to recognize a body
of work. This award is named for the Norman, Oklahoma, historian who served as the first
president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Non-Fiction
1990 • Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick
1991 • Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant
1992 • David Morgan, Robert England, and
George Humphreys, Oklahoma Politics &
Policies: Governing the Sooner State
1993 • Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life
and Times of Henry Bellmon; and
Daniel Boorstin, The Creators
1994 • J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever
1995 • Dennis McAuliffe Jr.,
The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
1996 • William Paul Winchester,
A Very Small Farm
1997 • Annick Smith, Big Bluestem:
A Journey Into the Tall Grass
1998 • John Hope Franklin and John Whittington
Franklin, Editors;
My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck
Colbert Franklin
1999 • Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The
Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
2000 • Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101
Ranch and the Creation of the American West
2001 • David LaVere, Contrary Neighbors: Southern
Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory
2002 • Lydia L. Wyckoff, Editor; Woven Worlds:
Basketry from the Clark Field Collection
2003 • Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling: Life in a
Forbidding Landscape
2004 • Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards:
Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
2005 • Ed Cray, Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of
Woody Guthrie
2006 • Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time
2007 • Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble,
Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Fourth Edition
2008 • Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of
Aaron Burr
2009 • Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith • Full Court
Quest: The Girls from Shaw Indian School,
Basketball Champions of the World
Fiction
1990 • Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister
1991 • Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit
1992 • Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent’s Mark
1993 • Rilla Askew, Strange Business
1994 • Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist
1995 • William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice
1996 • Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is
1997 • Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead
1998 • Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat
1999 • Billie Letts,
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
2000 • William Bernhardt, Dark Justice
2001 • Carolyn Hart, Sugarplum Dead
2002 • Douglas Kelley, The Captain’s Wife
2003 • Diane Glancy, The Mask Maker: A Novel
2004 • M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones
2005 • Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved
2006 • David Kent, The Black Jack Conspiracy
2007 • Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust:
A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
2008 • Rilla Askew, Harpsong
2009 • Carolyn Wall, Sweeping Up Glass
Children/Young Adult
1990 • Helen Roney Sattler,
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
1991 • Stan Hoig, A Capital for the Nation
1992 • Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy
1993 • Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie
1994 • Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer
21 Years of Winners and 1995 • Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner,
The Choctaw Code
1996 • Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl
1997 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water
1998 • S. L. Rottman, Hero
1999 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords
2000 • Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails,
Basketball, and Nothing But Net
2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas, Hush Songs
2002 • Molly Levite Griffis, The Rachel Resistance
2003 • Darleen Bailey Beard,
The Babbs Switch Story
2004 • Children—Una Belle Townsend,
Grady’s in the Silo
Young Adult—Sharon Darrow, The Painters
of Lexieville
2005 • Children—Joyce Carol Thomas, The Gospel
Cinderella
Young Adult—Molly Levite Griffis,
Simon Says
2006 • Anna Myers, Assassin
2007 • Children—Tim Tingle,
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of
Friendship and Freedom
Young Adult—Tim Tharp,
Knights of the Hill Country
2008 • Children—Devin Scillian,
Pappy’s Handkerchief
Young Adult—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast,
Marked: A House of Night Novel
2009 • Anna Myers, Spy
Design/Illustration
1990 • David E. Hunt,
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
1991 • Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens
1992 • Joe Williams, Woolaroc
1993 • Design—Carol Haralson, Will Rogers:
Courtship and Correspondence
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski,
The Twelve Cats of Christmas
1994 • Deloss McGraw, Fish Story
1995 • Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love
1996 • Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony
1997 • Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne,
Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998 • Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices: Native
American Painting from the Philbrook
Museum of Art
1999 • David Fitzgerald,
Bison: Monarch of the Plains
2000 • Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The
History of Baseball in Oklahoma
2001 • Lane Smith,
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
2002 • Carl Brune, Woven Worlds: Basketry from the
Clark Field Collection
2003 • Murv Jacob, The Great Ball Game of the Birds
and Animals
2004 • Design—Scott Horton and Jim Argo,
Family Album: A Centennial Pictorial of the
Oklahoma Publishing Company
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski,
S is for Sooner
2005 • Carol Haralson, A History of the Oklahoma
Governor’s Mansion
2006 • Design—Carol Haralson, Home: Native
People in the Southwest
Illustration—Jon Goodell,
Mother, Mother, I Want Another
2007 • Design—Carl Brune,
OKC: Second Time Around
Illustration—Jeanne Rorex Bridges,
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of
Friendship and Freedom
2008 • Design—Carl Brune, Photography—Scott
Raffe, Oklahoma: A Portrait of America
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, What Cats
Want for Christmas
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Illustration—Kandy Radzinski • What
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Poetry
1990 • William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence
1992 • Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust
1993 • Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War
1994 • Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation
1995 • Joy Harjo,
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
1996 • Francine Ringold, The Trouble with Voices
1997 • Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s
The Blazing Lights of the Sun
1998 • Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen
1999 • Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone
2000 • N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House
2001 • Carolyne Wright,
Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire
2002 • Ivy Dempsey, The Scent of Water: New and
Selected Poems
2003 • Joy Harjo, How We Became Human: New and
Selected Poems
2004 • Laura Apol, Crossing the Ladder of Sun
2005 • Francine Ringold, Still Dancing
2006 • Leanne Howe, Evidence of Red
2007 • Carl Sennhenn,
Travels Through Enchanted Woods
2008 • Sandra Soli, What Trees Know
2009 • Nathan Brown, Two Tables Over
Arrell Gibson Lifetime
Achievement Award
1990 • Daniel Boorstin—Librarian of Congress
Emeritus—native of Tulsa
1991 • Tony Hillerman—award winning mystery
writer—native of Sacred Heart
1992 • Savoie Lottinville—Director of the
University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years
1993 • Harold Keith—Newbery Award winning
children's author—Norman
1994 • N. Scott Momaday—Pulitzer Prize winning
Kiowa author—native of Lawton
1995 • R.A. Lafferty—Hugo Award winning
author—Tulsa
1996 • John Hope Franklin—historian—
native of Rentiesville
1997 • S.E. Hinton—author of young adult
novels—Tulsa
1998 • Jack Bickham—novelist, teacher and
journalist—Norman
1999 • Michael Wallis—historian and biographer—
Tulsa
2000 • Bill Wallace—writer of novels for young
people—Chickasha
2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas—children and adult
fiction author, and playwright—native of
Ponca City
2002 • World Literature Today—The University of
Oklahoma, Norman
2003 • Joy Harjo—poet and member of the
Muscogee Nation—native of Tulsa
2004 • Carolyn Hart—award winning mystery
writer—Oklahoma City
2005 • C.J. Cherryh—Hugo Award winning
author— Oklahoma City
2006 • Bob Burke—Oklahoma historian—
Oklahoma City
2007 • Clifton Taulbert—award-winning author—
Tulsa
2008 • David Dary—award-winning author—
Norman
2009 • Robert J. Conley—Cherokee author—
native of Cushing
Ralph Ellison Award
1995 • Ralph Ellison—National Book Award
winner—Oklahoma City
1997 • Angie Debo—“First Lady of Oklahoma
History”—Marshall
1999 • Melvin Tolson—poet, journalist, and
dramatist—Langston
2000 • Jim Thompson—novelist and
screenwriter—Anadarko
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2002 • John Berryman—poet, biographer, and
editor—McAlester
2004 • Lynn Riggs—playwright and screenwriter—
Claremore
2005 • Woody Guthrie—author, illustrator, and
songwriter—Okemah
2006 • John Joseph Mathews—Osage novelist
and historian—Pawhuska
2007 • Muriel Wright—acclaimed Oklahoma
historian—Oklahoma City
2008 • Danney Glenn Goble—acclaimed
Oklahoma historian—Tulsa
Past Presidents
Arrell Gibson was the first president of the Oklahoma
Center for the Book. The Center’s lifetime achieve-ment
award is named for Dr. Gibson, a historian.
Dan Blanchard, Oklahoma City—1988–1990
Judy Moody, Tulsa—1990–1992
David Clark, Norman—1992–1993
Glenda Carlile, Oklahoma City—1994–1995
Laurie Sundborg, Tulsa—1996–1997
Liz Codding, Oklahoma City—1998–2000
B.J. Williams, Oklahoma City—2001–2004
M.J. VanDeventer, Okla. City—2005–2007
Directors Awards
Presented by the Awards Committee for works
of special merit
2004 • Doris Eaton Travis, The Days We Danced: The
Story of My Theatrical Family
2005 • B. Byron Price, Fine Art of the West
Deborah Duvall and Murv Jacob, The
Series of Grandmother Stories
2006 • Patricia Loughlin, Hidden Treasurers of the
American West
Past Executive Directors
Jan Blakely—1986–1988
Aarone Corwin—1988–1990
Ann Hamilton—1991–1996
Glenda Carlile—1996–2009
Distinguished Service Award
1999 • Daniel Boorstin—
Librarian of Congress Emeritus
John Y. Cole—Director, Center of the Book
in the Library of Congress since 1977
Robert L. Clark—Director, Oklahoma
Department of Libraries, 1976–2000
Lee Brawner—Director of the Metropolitan
Library System, 1972–1999
2000 ��� Ken Jackson—Tulsa World editor and
columnist—Oklahoma Center for the Book
Board Member, 1988–2000
2001 • Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz—
owners of Best of Books, booksellers for the
Oklahoma Book Awards
2002 • Dan Blanchard—a founding member of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book and Master
of Ceremonies for the book award ceremony
for eleven years
2005 • Fran Ringold—Oklahoma poet laureate
and the founder and editor for over forty
years of the international literary journal
Nimrod
2006 • Oklahoma Today—
for fifty years of publication
2007 • Bill Young—Public Information Manager,
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
2008 • Bob Burke—author, and supporter of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book
B.J. Williams—producer and host of
“Read About It,” and Past President of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book
2009 • Glenda Carlile—20 years of service to
the Center as volunteer, board member,
president and executive director
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Mark Cotner
Brian Dahlvang
Julie Dill
Bettie Estes-Rickner
Kathryn Fanning
Dee Fisher
Dr. Hugh Foley
Larry Mike Garmon
Danny Gordon
Patricia Loughlin
Jeff Martin
Sharon Martin
Louisa McCune-Elmore
Kitty Pittman
Richard Rouillard
Carl Sennhenn
Sandy Shropshire
Kristin Sorocco
William R. Struby
Leah Taylor
Al Turner
Maria Veres
Revere Young
The Center acknowledges the generous contributions
of the following organizations
and individuals
Barnes and Noble
Best of Books, Edmond
Bill and Irene’s Flowers
Glenda Carlile
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Chickasaw Regional Library System
Rodger Harris, Research Division
of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Fred Marvel, Photographer
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma Heritage Association
University of Oklahoma Press Special thanks
Ceremony Committee—Gini Campbell, Karen Klinka, and Kitty Pittman
Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Public Information Office—Connie Armstrong, Michael
O’Hasson, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young
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Texas A&M University–Commerce
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“I will say, unequivocally,
that it is the finest book
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Columbia, Missouri
Project Highlights
The Oklahoma Center for the Book (OCB) in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and its Friends
support group participated in several events in the last year.
Oklahoma Author Database—Oklahoma author information continues to be updated in a database
and is available for use by libraries, schools, and individuals. Log on to www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us,
and click “collections” and “authors” to see this work-in-progress.
Letters About Literature is a contest co-sponsored with the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress and Target Corporation. Students write a letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how
a book has influenced his or her life. Oklahoma’s first-place winners received a Target gift card and a
$100 cash prize. The awards ceremony was held at the State Capitol on March 31, 2010, with Lieuten-ant
Governor Jari Askins serving as the emcee.
Kids Caught Reading is an annual event that the Center has been pleased to participate in for several
years. Friends of the Center will again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are
“caught reading” in their spare time.
Romance in the Stacks—Romance authors from around the state gathered in Tulsa in November and
again in Oklahoma City in February to promote romance writing. Librarians and members of the public
were invited to attend these author panel sessions, sponsored by the Center and its Friends group.
Literary Landmark—The Center served as a sponsor of the Literary Landmark event on November 17,
2009, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The event honored literary giant John Joseph Matthews. The Friends
group donated $500 to the event.
National Book Festival—For the past seven years, the Center has hosted an Oklahoma booth at the
festival in Washington, D.C. Last year, board member Glenda Carlile and Executive Director Connie
Armstrong distributed 300 free copies of S is for Sooner to children (thanks to Sleeping Bear Press).
Oklahoma Library Association annual conference—The Friends of the Center for the Book provided
funds to sponsor author panels at the 2009 conference. The Friends will also participate in the 2010
conference held this month.
Red Dirt Book Festival—The Center manned a booth at the festival held in Shawnee, Oklahoma,
November 5–7, 2009. Board member Dee Fisher and Executive Director Connie Armstrong presented
material promoting the Center and its activities.
Information is available for membership to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book—please
call 405–522–3383 or email carmstrong@oltn.odl.state.ok.us.
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Read About It
Congratulates the Center
for the Book on its 21 st
Annual Celebration of
Oklahoma Books and
Authors.
Read About It airs on Cox Cable.
Please check your local listings.
Connie Armstrong—Norman
Bettye Black—Langston
Bob Burke—Oklahoma City
Glenda Carlile—Oklahoma City
Louix Escobar-Matute—Tulsa
Dee Fisher—Norman
Jennifer Greenstreet—Ada
Julia Harmon—Shawnee
Rodger Harris—Oklahoma City
Gerald Hibbs—Edmond
Julie Hovis—Edmond
Karen Klinka—Edmond
Jeff Martin—Tulsa
Susan McVey—Oklahoma City
Raymond Munkres—Midwest City
Karen Neurohr—Stillwater
Kitty Pittman—Oklahoma City
Julie Porter—Oklahoma City
Judy Randle—Tulsa
Sandra Soli—Oklahoma City
Kristin Sorocco—Oklahoma City
Alice Stanton—Norman
Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa
M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City
B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City
Laurie Williams—Ardmore
William R. Young—Oklahoma City
Friends of the Center
The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501–c-3 organization.
The Friends is a cultural and educational corporation to advance and promote the role
of the book and reading in Oklahoma. The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
supports and further enhances the programs and projects of the Oklahoma Center for
the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress. A volunteer board of directors from across the state governs the
Friends.
President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore
Vice-President—Richard Rouillard—Oklahoma City
Secretary—Wayne Hanway—McAlester
Treasurer—Gini Moore Campbell—Oklahoma City
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O2k0lah1om0a Book Awards
Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors
OKLAHOMA
BOOK
AWA R D
Photographs on the program cover are by David Fitzgerald. Front cover: trees in the water,
Mountain Fork River in Beavers Bend State Park, late fall. Back cover: sand-stone rocks, Oklahoma
Panhandle between Kenton and Black Mesa State Park.
Welcome to the
21st Annual
Oklahoma
Book Awards
Ceremony
OKLAHOMA
BOOK
AWA R D
Shakespearean Sponsors
Dunlap Codding, P.C.
The Oklahoma Heritage Association
Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book thank Bob Burke
for making this evening possible. We greatly appreciate his many
years of support for the Book Award program and other Oklahoma
Center for the Book projects.
2010 • Oklahoma Book Awards
Welcome Lynn McIntosh
President, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Greetings from the State Library Susan McVey
Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Greetings from the Library of Congress Guy Lamolinara
Center for the Book, Library of Congress
Master of Ceremonies Jane Jayroe
Former Miss America, journalist, and author
Ralph Ellison Award Presentation Dr. Bob L. Blackburn
Honoring Stan Hoig Executive Director, Oklahoma History Center
Distinguished Service Award Presentation N. Scott Momaday
Honoring Teresa Miller Award-winning author and poet
Children/Young Adult Award Presentation Julie Dill
Educator, Moore Public Schools
Fiction Award Presentation Dee Fisher
Board Member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Design/Illustration Award Presentation Glenda Carlile
Former Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Poetry Award Presentation Sandra Soli
Recipient of the 2008 Poetry Award
Non-Fiction Award Presentation Revere Young
Board Member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation Douglas A. Pfeiffer
Honoring David Fitzgerald Publisher, Book Publishing Consultant
Announcements Lynn McIntosh
Music provided by Jill Justice
The book sale and signing continues after dinner. Best of Books contributes all proceeds to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for
the Book. Please enjoy visiting with the book award medalists and finalists.
Stan Hoig
Recipient of the 2010 Ralph Ellison Award
Author and historian Stan Hoig became one of the most prolific writers of the American West.
A native Okie, Hoig was raised in Gage, Oklahoma, and joined the Army Air Corps in 1943,
serving three years during World War II. Following his tenure in the military, he returned home
and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Oklahoma State University, and later received
a master’s degree as well as a doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Hoig began his career writing articles and books on the American West in the 1950s. His first
book, The Humor of the American Cowboy, was published in 1958 and remains in print today.
Hoig published a wide variety of articles in magazines and professional journals such as the
Chronicles of Oklahoma and Encyclopedia of the American West. Moreover, he had twenty-five
books published and listed with the Library of Congress including The Sand Creek Massacre,
The Battle of the Washita, Perilous Pursuit: The U.S. Calvary and the Northern Cheyennes, and The
Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade.
Hoig’s expertise on the American West led him to become advisor to several television
productions including the Discovery Channel’s “The Way the West Was Lost,” “Real West,”
A&E Channel’s “Southern Cheyennes,” and the British Broadcasting Company’s “Land Runs of
Oklahoma.”
Hoig enjoyed a distinguished teaching career, serving as a professor of journalism at the
University of Central Oklahoma. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Muriel
H. Wright Award, the Edmond Historical Society Roll of Honor, Oklahoma State University
Clement E. Trout Writing Award, and the American Association of University Professors
Distinguished Scholar Award.
Hoig received the Oklahoma Book Award in the Children/Young Adult category in 1991 for
A Capitol for the Nation. He was honored four additional times as a finalist for the Oklahoma
Book Award: three times in Non-fiction for The Cherokees and their Chiefs: In the Wake of Empire
(2000), White Man’s Paper Trail: Grand Councils and Treaty-Making on the Central Plains (2007),
and The Chouteaus (2009); and once again in the Children/Young Adult category for It’s the
Fourth of July (1996).
The Ralph Ellison Award
From time to time, the Ralph Ellison Award, honoring a deceased Oklahoma writer, is presented.
The award is named after the first recipient, Ralph Ellison, author of the ground-breaking novel
Invisible Man. A list of Ellison Award recipients is listed on the Previous Winners page of this
program.
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STAN HOIG
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Recipient of the 2010
Ralph Ellison Award
Teresa Miller
Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award
Miller is author of the memoir, Means of Transit, and the novels Remnants of Glory and Family Cor-respondence.
PBS anchor Jim Lehrer describes her as “a novelist with superb skills.”
In 1994 she founded the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, now based at Oklahoma State
University–Tulsa, where she teaches advanced fiction and regional literature. Through the Center,
she maintains the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame and sponsors her signature event, the Celebra-tion
of Books. The Celebration has hosted many of the country’s leading authors, including Pat
Conroy, N. Scott Momaday, Frank McCourt, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Dave Barry, Isabel Al-lende,
and Amy Tan.
Miller is also host and executive producer of the television series “Writing Out Loud,” now enter-ing
its twelfth season on OETA, Oklahoma’s PBS affiliate. The show, which has featured over 15
Pulitzer winners, is known for its in-depth interviews with writers. But first and foremost, she is
one of the leading advocates for Oklahoma authors. Recently, she and her memoir were featured
on NPR ’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”
The Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award honors contributions to Oklahoma’s Literary Community,
through service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book or through other endeavors.
SKIRVIN CARL
BRUNE SKIRVIN
JACK MONEY & STEVE LACK-MEYER
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
2010 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Children/Young Adult
Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover
Darleen Bailey Beard Farrar, Straus, Giroux: New York, NY
Annie Glover thinks her activist grandmother has gone too far trying to save Elmer, a century-old
tree. Annie’s fourth grade classmates are ridiculing her, and Leroy Kirk goes so far as to call
her a “tree lover.” Although Annie and her classmates would rather see Elmer cut down so a
swimming pool could be installed, she begins to understand the tree’s significance and her
grandmother’s desire to save it. Beard, a resident of Norman, Oklahoma, introduces readers
to exciting characters, including three parachuting Elvis impersonators. In 2003 she won the
Oklahoma Book Award in the Children/Young Adult category for The Babbs Switch Story.
For a Girl Becoming Joy Harjo The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
Harjo celebrates the evolution of women from birth, childhood, youth, and eventually
to adulthood. The author highlights the transformative moments in life that should be
acknowledged and serve as an opportunity to provide guidance in a positive direction.
Harjo also expresses the importance of family and community as they prepare the young
girl for life’s events, all the while reminding her that she is deeply cherished and loved. Harjo,
a Mvskoke/Creek, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a two-time Oklahoma Book Award
winner in poetry, and received the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
Paris Pan takes the Dare Cynthea Liu G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY
Paris Pan suddenly finds herself a newcomer in Nowheresville, Oklahoma. It’s not a good
place to be for a twelve-year old whose family is in chaos, whose friends are more like
enemies, and whose boyfriend is a “dork.” To make matters worse, Paris discovers that years
ago a girl died, near her new house, from taking a seventh-grade rite of passage known as
the “Dare.” Believing she is hearing from the dead girl’s ghost, Paris must consider taking
the “Dare” herself. Liu spent her youth in Oklahoma and now resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Time of the Witches Anna Myers Walker & Company, New York, NY
An orphan, Drucilla, has been taken in by the Putnam family in Salem Village. Although she
knows that something is strange about Mistress Putnam, Drucilla considers her the mother
she never had. Following the arrival of a new minister and his household, strange things begin
to happen in Salem Village. Young girls are becoming ill from unknown causes. As accusations
swirl, and rumors of witchcraft abound, Drucilla desperately seeks to find the truth. Myers,
four-time Oklahoma Book Award winner in this category, lives in Chandler, Oklahoma.
Chicken Dance Tammi Sauer Sterling Publishing Company Inc., New York, NY
Sauer puts forth a delightful story about Marge and Lola, two chickens on a mission.
Their quest is to win the barnyard talent contest and two tickets to see Elvis Poultry in
concert. Both Marge and Lola must choose a talent that will surpass the other barnyard
animals entered in the competition. These are no ordinary animals as children are
introduced to moon-jumping cows and water-surfing ducks. Sauer, who claims to
have danced with a few chickens during her youth, resides in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Night Fires George Edward Stanley Aladdin, New York, NY
In 1923 after the sudden death of his father, Woodrow Harper moves with his mother
to Lawton, Oklahoma, to begin a new life. With the assistance of Senator Crawford, his
next-door neighbor, Woodrow begins to move forward and develops a close relationship
with the senator. However, he soon discovers that Lawton has many dark secrets and
the senator is heavily involved in them. Woodrow must decide whether to fight for what
his real father believed in, or remain quiet to the horrible events taking place. Stanley’s
story covers a painful truth in America’s history. He lives in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Fiction
Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness
William Bernhardt Ballantine Books, New York, NY
Legendary crime fighter Eliot Ness tackles America’s first serial killer in Bernhardt’s new thriller.
Booklist calls the book a “rousing success” and a “lightly fictionalized account” of the last
major investigation of the famed treasury agent who put Al Capone behind bars. Turn the
clock back to 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, and follow Ness as he proves to himself and the country
that he can solve the gruesome murders of the Torso Killer. In his well-researched portrayal
of Ness, Bernhardt produces a fascinating historical novel. The Tulsa writer is a two-time
Oklahoma Book Award winner, and the author of the bestselling Ben Kincaid mystery series.
Confessions of a Former Rock Queen Kirk Bjornsgaard 4RV Publishing, Edmond, OK
Baby boomers will rejoice in the talented writing of Kirk Bjornsgaard as he tells the
story of an Oklahoma small town girl finding her way to Rock Star fame. It’s the
sixties, the beginning of a new breed of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and music isn’t the only thing
that’s changing. Sally Moore’s life follows the ups and downs of fame and fortune
as she jumps on board a fast moving musical and cultural journey. The late Kirk
Bjornsgaard was Acquisitions Editor for the University of Oklahoma Press and a
musician. He and his wife, Noma Krasney, made their home in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Sky Took Him Donis Casey Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ
This is the fourth in the popular Alafair Tucker mystery series, complete with
evocative writing, a tantalizing whodunit, and delicious “Tucker” family recipes. In
this adventure, Alafair’s nephew-in-law has gone missing at just the time his help
is most needed. Family relationships are juxtaposed against historical detail as
Casey spins another suspenseful tale. Donis Casey was born and raised in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. She now lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband. This is the third of
Casey’s Tucker mysteries to make the finalist list for the Oklahoma Book Award.
The Wind Comes Sweeping Marcia Preston Mira Books, Ontario, Canada
Marcia Preston is not afraid to tackle big issues in her newest novel. Following the death of
her father, Marik Youngblood has returned to Oklahoma and her family’s failing cattle ranch.
To shore up the financial shortcomings, she has leased the land to a power company for
giant wind turbines. One neighbor in particular is up in arms over the situation. When the
body of an infant turns up during installation of a wind tower, Marik is determined to find
out the secrets surrounding its death. The book tackles a host of women’s issues: pregnancy,
adoption, domestic violence, and women’s roles. Marcia Preston received the 2004 Oklahoma
Book Award for Song of the Bones. She lives with her husband in Central Oklahoma.
The Yard Dog Sheldon Russell Minotaur Books, New York, NY
Sheldon Russell uses the World War II Oklahoma POW camps and the Waynoka rail yard as
the setting for his historical mystery. Hook Runyon, railroad security officer and one-armed
book collector, works to discover how Sparks Dugan, down and out coal picker, ends up under
one of the “reefer” cars. He is aided in this endeavor by a local moonshiner, and an educated
Jewish professor, Dr. Reina Kaplan. This book is a punch of history, mixed with interesting
characters and plenty of action. Sheldon Russell won the 2007 Oklahoma Book Award in
Fiction for Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush. He lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The Sound of Honor Jim Stovall Hawk Publishing, Tulsa, OK
Protagonist Jacob Dyer is a blind detective. With the help of his gorgeous, able assistant,
Monica, and limo driver, Franklin, Dyer heads to Amarillo to help the widow of his best
friend find out what really happened to her husband. Played out against a background of
murder and greed, Jacob recalls memories of his friend John. Jim Stovall’s insights on living
as a blind person bring a fresh perspective to The Sound of Honor. He is the author of the
bestselling book, The Ultimate Gift, and co-founder and president of the Narrative Television
Network, making movies and television accessible for the blind and visually impaired.
Design/Illustration
Lanterns on the Prairie: The Blackfeet Photographs of Walter McClintock
Design by Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes-Thumann
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Anderson and Hayes-Thumann’s design is simple and clean, providing a reverent space to
showcase the historic and artful photographic work of Walter McClintock. Until now, only a
few of McClintock’s early twentieth-century photos of the Blackfeet have been published.
This volume features more than 100 of the photos with five accompanying essays. The book
designers, along with photographer Todd Stewart, received the Oklahoma Book Award
last year for Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese American Internment.
Anderson and Hayes-Thumann are on the faculty of the OU School of Art and Art History.
Skirvin Design by Carl Brune Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK
From the amazing book jacket, to the “blueprint” end sheets and everything in between,
Brune’s design commands respect for the book’s subject matter—Oklahoma City’s oldest
and grandest hotel. Historic photographs and letters, press clippings, and images of
memorabilia from the Skirvin Hotel’s various eras accompany the reader throughout
the journey. Tulsa’s Carl Brune is a three-time Oklahoma Book Award winner, and one of
his medals was for another Money and Lackmeyer book, OKC: Second Time Around.
Roots from the Cherokees, Promises for our Future:
The Chronicle of Northeastern State University
Design by Buffy Cooper Müllerhaus Publishing Group, Tulsa, OK
Cooper’s embossed cover and scrapbook design lend a treasured intimacy to this history of
Oklahoma’s venerable Northeastern State University. The running timeline, historic photos,
pictures of memorabilia, press clippings, and sidebar articles provide an enlightening,
even serendipitous, experience for the reader. Cooper is senior art director at Müllerhaus.
She holds a degree in Visual Communications from Oklahoma State University. Her
talents have enabled her to assist companies in a wide variety of industries, including
greeting card and gifts, oil-production, health care, publishing and home furnishings.
Willard Stone Design by Carol Haralson University of Tulsa/Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
With loving attention to detail, Harralson employs sophisticated layouts, provocative photo
crops, and breathtaking double-page spreads to celebrate the work of Cherokee carver
Willard Stone. The result is a work that transcends the traditional art book. This is the second
title in the Artists of Gilcrease series. Oklahoma native Haralson serves as this series’ editor,
as well. She is a master book designer, with seven Oklahoma Book Awards to her credit.
Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In
Design by Skip McKinstry Cottonwood Publications, Oklahoma City, OK
“Fun” best describes McKinstry’s book design, which turns a beloved company’s
history into a full-fledged celebration. The bold goldenrod cover sets the stage for
this nostalgic look at an Oklahoma and American favorite, complete with historic
photos, shots of promotional items, and memorabilia. This is the third time McKinstry
has been honored as an Oklahoma Book Award finalist in this category. His standing
order is a SuperSonic cheeseburger with jalapenos, tots and a Diet coke.
Where to Sleep Illustrations by Kandy Radzinski Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Radzinski’s vibrant illustrations have been honored with four Oklahoma Book Awards,
for The Twelve Cats of Christmas, S is for Sooner, What Cats Want for Christmas, and
What Dogs Want for Christmas. In her latest children’s book, also authored by her,
a tired little kitten hunts for the perfect place to catch some Z’s. The artist lives in
Tulsa, with her husband Mark and son Ian, and two dogs, Kirby and Beanie.
Poetry
Fault Line: Vulnerable Landscapes
Karen Coody Cooper Soddenbank Press, Tahlequah, OK
Cooper was born in Tulsa and raised in Collinsville. She worked in museums around the
country, enjoyed publishing success in her chosen field, and eventually came home
to Oklahoma and settled in Tahlequah. She released Fault Line at the age of 62, and it
represents more than forty years of adult written poetry. She says the collection captures
“certain essences of my life (but not everything).” Cooper’s poetry also reveals an honest
persona, a vulnerability tempered by a strong voice, and a good sense of humor.
Contrapuntal Carol Hamilton Finishing Line Press Georgetown, KY
Continuing her exploration of art and the lives of other artists, Hamilton offers
Contrapuntal—an amazing collection inspired by one of history’s most curious love
triangles, involving Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Hamilton’s poems
reflect the independent, yet connected, melodies of the three musicians. Hamilton
was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995–1997. She received the Oklahoma Book Award
for Poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust, and is now a five-time finalist in this category.
Work Is Love Made Visible: Poems and Family Photographs
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish West End Press, Albuquerque, NM
Influenced by cherished photographs and treasured memories, Mish’s poetry
captures the heart of a family and era. Her verses are true to the language of a time,
place and people, yet add a poetic dimension to a quintessentially Plains family
story. Mish is a native Oklahoman who returned home after twenty years to study
for her PhD in American Literature and to grow tomatoes. She is a 2010 Western
Heritage Award winner in literature for Work Is Love Made Visible. She is receiving
that award tonight at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961–1991
N. Scott Momaday University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
Originally issued in 1992, this reprint includes poems written over a thirty year span, and
drawings created “over something less than twenty.” The New York Times Book Review called
this collection “strong medicine, strong art indeed.” Momaday was named an Oklahoma
Cultural Treasure in 1999 by Governor Frank Keating and the Oklahoma Arts Council.
He is a Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction for his novel House Made of Dawn, and has been
honored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book with the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement
Award. He received the 2000 Oklahoma Book Award in Poetry for In the Bear’s House.
Too Long a Solitude James Ragan University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Lyrical, sophisticated, and simply gorgeous, Ragan’s poetry take us on a journey
to discover the lessons of solitude, and to find out what it means to belong. He is
an award-winning poet, as well as an accomplished playwright and screenwriter.
He served for twenty-five years as director of the Graduate Professional Writing
Program at the University of Southern California, and was visiting professor emeritus
in screenwriting at the University of Oklahoma in the spring and fall of 2008.
After the Aftermath Renata Treitel Out on a Limb Publishing, Tulsa, OK
Born out of “a necessity to deal with the turmoil provoked by a yearlong stay in
Germany in the 1990s,” Treitel’s book is fearless in confronting the meanings of
identity, nationality and displacement. This fearlessness is reflected in her poetical
structure, which can transcend traditional forms. Treitel was born in Switzerland and
educated on three continents. She is an award-winning poet, and retired part-time
instructor of Italian and Spanish in Tulsa. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in
Poetry in 1997 for her translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun.
Non-Fiction
Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In
Bob L. Blackburn Cottonwood Publications, Oklahoma City, OK
Blackburn details the history of Sonic, America’s Drive-In from its humble beginning in
Shawnee, Oklahoma, to today’s 3,500 drive-ins located from coast to coast. The author shares
the story of Troy Smith and Charlie Pappe, the company’s co-founders, who despite limited
resources decided to expand their small business. Working upon their business philosophy
of hard work, preparedness, and motivation, the two entrepreneurs changed the restaurant
industry in America. The author also details the challenges and proactive business responses
that resulted in Sonic becoming one of the most beloved drive-in restaurant chains in
the country. Blackburn serves as executive director of the Oklahoma History Center.
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma Blue Clark University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Clark has created a much needed update on Oklahoma’s Indian Tribes. The author
provides an in-depth, comprehensive description of the Indian tribes and Native people
that call Oklahoma home. The book gives a statistical and narrative summary of each
tribe, and gives a contemporary account of each group including their ceremonies,
tribal businesses, and tribal websites. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Clark resides in Oklahoma City, and holds the David Pendleton Chair in American
Studies and is Professor of History and Law at Oklahoma City University.
Divided Hearts: The Presbyterian Journey through Oklahoma History
Michael Cassity and Danney Goble University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Utilizing historical documents and church-member accounts, Cassity and Goble chronicle
the history of the Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma, beginning prior to statehood and
continuing through the twentieth century. The book highlights the role and impact
of Presbyterian missions among the Five Civilized Tribes, the difference between
Presbyterianism and other denominations, and the preachers and congregations they
served. Moreover, the book addresses the Presbyterian response to slavery, Indian
removal, industrialization, racism, and economic depression. Cassity lives in Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma. The late Danney Goble was an award winning author and historian.
Coach Tommy Thompson and the Boys of Sequoyah
Patti Dickinson University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
A native Oklahoman, Dickinson explores the life and career of Cherokee legend Tommy
Thompson. The author describes the circumstances surrounding Thompson’s arrival in 1915 at
Sequoyah Vocational School, a government-run Indian boarding school. Dickinson examines
Thompson’s collegiate career both on and off the gridiron at Northeastern State College, and
his eventual return in 1947 to the Sequoyah Vocational School, where he coached for eleven
years. Dickinson also provides valuable insight regarding life in Oklahoma’s boarding schools.
Tar Creek: A History of the Quapaw Indians, the World’s Largest Lead
and Zinc Discovery, and the Tar Creek Superfund Site
Larry G. Johnson Tate Publishing & Enterprises, Mustang, OK
Johnson provides an intriguing look at the history of a people and a place. He explores
the Quapaw Indians from their earliest recorded history in the Western Hemisphere to
their arrival in present-day Oklahoma. The author examines the 1914 discovery of lead
and zinc in Picher, Oklahoma, to the creation of the Tar Creek Superfund Site and its
economic, environmental, and social impact. Johnson resides in Owasso, Oklahoma.
Choctaw Crime and Punishment, 1884–1907
Devon Abbott Mihesuah University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
Mihesuah examines the impact of crime in the Choctaw Nation between the Civil
War and Oklahoma statehood. Focusing on two prominent murder cases, the author
highlights the division among the Choctaws between the conservative Nationalists and
the progressive faction that favored assimilation. Underlying the violence, Mihesuah
explains the political and cultural schism that erupted as a result of white encroachment
on Choctaw land and resources as well as federal legislation that assisted in the white
intrusion. A member of the Choctaw Nation, Mihesuah serves as Cora Lee Beers Price
Professor in International Cultural Understanding at the University of Kansas.
Skirvin Jack Money and Steve Lackmeyer Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK
This book describes the history of the Skirvin Hotel and its economic and cultural impact on
Oklahoma City. Skirvin details the initial vision of W.B. Skirvin to bring a luxury hotel to the
city, its grand opening in October 1911 through its heyday in the 1920s, ownership changes
and the decades the hotel stood empty, and its rebirth in the twenty-first century. The authors
showcase the people and personalities surrounding the Skirvin including the celebrities,
politicians, and heads-of-state who stayed at the hotel to the various business leaders and city
officials who fought to bring it back. Money and Lackmeyer both live in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Story
Jeff Moore and Larry O’Dell Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
Moore and O’Dell have compiled a revealing history regarding rock and roll in Oklahoma.
The book explores the different musical styles such as rhythm and blues, jazz, and
western swing that came together to help create Oklahoma’s brand of rock and roll
music. The book exposes the contributions made by music pioneers with Oklahoma
roots such as Bob Wills, Woody Guthrie, Wanda Jackson, Leon Russell, and Wayne Coyne.
Moreover, towns and cities across the state that offered a stage for Oklahoma musicians
to work, along with radio stations that played their music, are paid homage in this book.
Both Moore and O’Dell work at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
Thomas Gilcrease
Randy Ramer, Carole Klein, Kimberly Roblin, Eric Singleton, Anne Morand,
Gary Moore, and April Miller Gilcrease Museum/University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
The authors chronicle the life and legacy of Thomas Gilcrease. The book addresses
Gilcrease’s business and travel adventures as well as his family life. However, the
book focuses primarily on his vision of developing a world class museum. His dream
culminated in the creation of the Gilcrease Museum, home to some of the finest art
work in the world. Moreover, the largest collection of art and artwork regarding the
American West is housed at the museum. Ramer, Klein, Roblin, and Singleton work at
the Gilcrease Museum. Morand works at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum in Oklahoma City. Moore works at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
in Austin, Texas. Miller works at the Denver Botanical Gardens in Denver, Colorado.
Congratulations
David G. Fitzgerald
recipient of the
2010 Arrell Gibson
Lifetime Achievement Award
Douglas A. Pfeiffer
Publishing Consultant
Ingram Publisher Services Inc.
and
David Fitzgerald
Recipient of the 2010 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
The spectacular photography of lifelong Oklahoma resident David G. Fitzgerald has thrilled
booklovers for more than three decades. Fitzgerald’s published work began receiving national
attention immediately when the coffee-table book Oklahoma arrived in bookstores in 1979. This
would be the first of many books featuring his stunning photographic work. Books that followed
include Ozarks, Israel: Land of Promise, Mansion Fare, Oklahoma II, Portrait of the Ozarks, Oklahoma
Crossroads, Bison: Monarch of the Plains, Cherokee, Chickasaw: Unconquered and Unconquerable,
Oklahoma 3, and Cherokee Trail of Tears.
Fitzgerald began his career as an artist and illustrator, and this background continues to influence
his photography, prompting one critic to note, “the painter’s eye remains much in evidence.”
In addition to his books, his work has been showcased in both state and national exhibits. His
photographic documentary of the Benedictine Monks at St. Gregory’s Monastery in Shawnee,
Oklahoma, is displayed there. “Oklahoma II” is a permanent exhibit in the Donna Nigh Gallery at
the University of Central Oklahoma. His “Cherokee Nation: A Portrait of a People” exhibit has ap-peared
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Natives of North America Museum
in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Oklahoma Historical Society. The “Cherokee Trail of Tears” exhibit
includes fifty photographs from his book Cherokee Trail of Tears. Fitzgerald’s work also appears
in the State Arts Collection and the University of Oklahoma Museum of Art.
In 1999 Fitzgerald received the Oklahoma Book Award in the Design/Illustration category for
Bison: Monarch of the Plains. In 2003 his book Cherokee won the Benjamin Franklin Award and
was a finalist for the Oklahoma Books Awards. In 2007 he won a gold and bronze IPPY award
at the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Chickasaw: Unconquered and Unconquerable.
Fitzgerald was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 2005, and has been named
Oklahoma Photographer of the Year three times. He is a lifetime member of the International
Photography Hall of Fame.
Lovers of his work can rest assured there is more to come. Fitzgerald has two new books avail-able
in May 2010: Chickasaw Renaissance and Building One Fire. He is currently working on a book
entitled Courthouse Legends that features all seventy-seven county courthouses and four federal
courthouses in Oklahoma.
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to recognize a body
of work. This award is named for the Norman, Oklahoma, historian who served as the first
president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Non-Fiction
1990 • Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick
1991 • Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant
1992 • David Morgan, Robert England, and
George Humphreys, Oklahoma Politics &
Policies: Governing the Sooner State
1993 • Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life
and Times of Henry Bellmon; and
Daniel Boorstin, The Creators
1994 • J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever
1995 • Dennis McAuliffe Jr.,
The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
1996 • William Paul Winchester,
A Very Small Farm
1997 • Annick Smith, Big Bluestem:
A Journey Into the Tall Grass
1998 • John Hope Franklin and John Whittington
Franklin, Editors;
My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck
Colbert Franklin
1999 • Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The
Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
2000 • Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101
Ranch and the Creation of the American West
2001 • David LaVere, Contrary Neighbors: Southern
Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory
2002 • Lydia L. Wyckoff, Editor; Woven Worlds:
Basketry from the Clark Field Collection
2003 • Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling: Life in a
Forbidding Landscape
2004 • Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards:
Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
2005 • Ed Cray, Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of
Woody Guthrie
2006 • Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time
2007 • Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble,
Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Fourth Edition
2008 • Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of
Aaron Burr
2009 • Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith • Full Court
Quest: The Girls from Shaw Indian School,
Basketball Champions of the World
Fiction
1990 • Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister
1991 • Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit
1992 • Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent’s Mark
1993 • Rilla Askew, Strange Business
1994 • Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist
1995 • William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice
1996 • Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is
1997 • Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead
1998 • Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat
1999 • Billie Letts,
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
2000 • William Bernhardt, Dark Justice
2001 • Carolyn Hart, Sugarplum Dead
2002 • Douglas Kelley, The Captain’s Wife
2003 • Diane Glancy, The Mask Maker: A Novel
2004 • M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones
2005 • Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved
2006 • David Kent, The Black Jack Conspiracy
2007 • Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust:
A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
2008 • Rilla Askew, Harpsong
2009 • Carolyn Wall, Sweeping Up Glass
Children/Young Adult
1990 • Helen Roney Sattler,
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin
1991 • Stan Hoig, A Capital for the Nation
1992 • Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy
1993 • Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie
1994 • Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer
21 Years of Winners and 1995 • Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner,
The Choctaw Code
1996 • Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl
1997 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water
1998 • S. L. Rottman, Hero
1999 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords
2000 • Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails,
Basketball, and Nothing But Net
2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas, Hush Songs
2002 • Molly Levite Griffis, The Rachel Resistance
2003 • Darleen Bailey Beard,
The Babbs Switch Story
2004 • Children—Una Belle Townsend,
Grady’s in the Silo
Young Adult—Sharon Darrow, The Painters
of Lexieville
2005 • Children—Joyce Carol Thomas, The Gospel
Cinderella
Young Adult—Molly Levite Griffis,
Simon Says
2006 • Anna Myers, Assassin
2007 • Children—Tim Tingle,
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of
Friendship and Freedom
Young Adult—Tim Tharp,
Knights of the Hill Country
2008 • Children—Devin Scillian,
Pappy’s Handkerchief
Young Adult—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast,
Marked: A House of Night Novel
2009 • Anna Myers, Spy
Design/Illustration
1990 • David E. Hunt,
The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
1991 • Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens
1992 • Joe Williams, Woolaroc
1993 • Design—Carol Haralson, Will Rogers:
Courtship and Correspondence
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski,
The Twelve Cats of Christmas
1994 • Deloss McGraw, Fish Story
1995 • Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love
1996 • Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony
1997 • Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne,
Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998 • Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices: Native
American Painting from the Philbrook
Museum of Art
1999 • David Fitzgerald,
Bison: Monarch of the Plains
2000 • Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The
History of Baseball in Oklahoma
2001 • Lane Smith,
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
2002 • Carl Brune, Woven Worlds: Basketry from the
Clark Field Collection
2003 • Murv Jacob, The Great Ball Game of the Birds
and Animals
2004 • Design—Scott Horton and Jim Argo,
Family Album: A Centennial Pictorial of the
Oklahoma Publishing Company
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski,
S is for Sooner
2005 • Carol Haralson, A History of the Oklahoma
Governor’s Mansion
2006 • Design—Carol Haralson, Home: Native
People in the Southwest
Illustration—Jon Goodell,
Mother, Mother, I Want Another
2007 • Design—Carl Brune,
OKC: Second Time Around
Illustration—Jeanne Rorex Bridges,
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of
Friendship and Freedom
2008 • Design—Carl Brune, Photography—Scott
Raffe, Oklahoma: A Portrait of America
Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, What Cats
Want for Christmas
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2009 • Design—Eric H. Anderson and Karen
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Poetry
1990 • William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence
1992 • Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust
1993 • Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War
1994 • Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation
1995 • Joy Harjo,
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
1996 • Francine Ringold, The Trouble with Voices
1997 • Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s
The Blazing Lights of the Sun
1998 • Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen
1999 • Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone
2000 • N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House
2001 • Carolyne Wright,
Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire
2002 • Ivy Dempsey, The Scent of Water: New and
Selected Poems
2003 • Joy Harjo, How We Became Human: New and
Selected Poems
2004 • Laura Apol, Crossing the Ladder of Sun
2005 • Francine Ringold, Still Dancing
2006 • Leanne Howe, Evidence of Red
2007 • Carl Sennhenn,
Travels Through Enchanted Woods
2008 • Sandra Soli, What Trees Know
2009 • Nathan Brown, Two Tables Over
Arrell Gibson Lifetime
Achievement Award
1990 • Daniel Boorstin—Librarian of Congress
Emeritus—native of Tulsa
1991 • Tony Hillerman—award winning mystery
writer—native of Sacred Heart
1992 • Savoie Lottinville—Director of the
University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years
1993 • Harold Keith—Newbery Award winning
children's author—Norman
1994 • N. Scott Momaday—Pulitzer Prize winning
Kiowa author—native of Lawton
1995 • R.A. Lafferty—Hugo Award winning
author—Tulsa
1996 • John Hope Franklin—historian—
native of Rentiesville
1997 • S.E. Hinton—author of young adult
novels—Tulsa
1998 • Jack Bickham—novelist, teacher and
journalist—Norman
1999 • Michael Wallis—historian and biographer—
Tulsa
2000 • Bill Wallace—writer of novels for young
people—Chickasha
2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas—children and adult
fiction author, and playwright—native of
Ponca City
2002 • World Literature Today—The University of
Oklahoma, Norman
2003 • Joy Harjo—poet and member of the
Muscogee Nation—native of Tulsa
2004 • Carolyn Hart—award winning mystery
writer—Oklahoma City
2005 • C.J. Cherryh—Hugo Award winning
author— Oklahoma City
2006 • Bob Burke—Oklahoma historian—
Oklahoma City
2007 • Clifton Taulbert—award-winning author—
Tulsa
2008 • David Dary—award-winning author—
Norman
2009 • Robert J. Conley—Cherokee author—
native of Cushing
Ralph Ellison Award
1995 • Ralph Ellison—National Book Award
winner—Oklahoma City
1997 • Angie Debo—“First Lady of Oklahoma
History”—Marshall
1999 • Melvin Tolson—poet, journalist, and
dramatist—Langston
2000 • Jim Thompson—novelist and
screenwriter—Anadarko
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2002 • John Berryman—poet, biographer, and
editor—McAlester
2004 • Lynn Riggs—playwright and screenwriter—
Claremore
2005 • Woody Guthrie—author, illustrator, and
songwriter—Okemah
2006 • John Joseph Mathews—Osage novelist
and historian—Pawhuska
2007 • Muriel Wright—acclaimed Oklahoma
historian—Oklahoma City
2008 • Danney Glenn Goble—acclaimed
Oklahoma historian—Tulsa
Past Presidents
Arrell Gibson was the first president of the Oklahoma
Center for the Book. The Center’s lifetime achieve-ment
award is named for Dr. Gibson, a historian.
Dan Blanchard, Oklahoma City—1988–1990
Judy Moody, Tulsa—1990–1992
David Clark, Norman—1992–1993
Glenda Carlile, Oklahoma City—1994–1995
Laurie Sundborg, Tulsa—1996–1997
Liz Codding, Oklahoma City—1998–2000
B.J. Williams, Oklahoma City—2001–2004
M.J. VanDeventer, Okla. City—2005–2007
Directors Awards
Presented by the Awards Committee for works
of special merit
2004 • Doris Eaton Travis, The Days We Danced: The
Story of My Theatrical Family
2005 • B. Byron Price, Fine Art of the West
Deborah Duvall and Murv Jacob, The
Series of Grandmother Stories
2006 • Patricia Loughlin, Hidden Treasurers of the
American West
Past Executive Directors
Jan Blakely—1986–1988
Aarone Corwin—1988–1990
Ann Hamilton—1991–1996
Glenda Carlile—1996–2009
Distinguished Service Award
1999 • Daniel Boorstin—
Librarian of Congress Emeritus
John Y. Cole—Director, Center of the Book
in the Library of Congress since 1977
Robert L. Clark—Director, Oklahoma
Department of Libraries, 1976–2000
Lee Brawner—Director of the Metropolitan
Library System, 1972–1999
2000 ��� Ken Jackson—Tulsa World editor and
columnist—Oklahoma Center for the Book
Board Member, 1988–2000
2001 • Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz—
owners of Best of Books, booksellers for the
Oklahoma Book Awards
2002 • Dan Blanchard—a founding member of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book and Master
of Ceremonies for the book award ceremony
for eleven years
2005 • Fran Ringold—Oklahoma poet laureate
and the founder and editor for over forty
years of the international literary journal
Nimrod
2006 • Oklahoma Today—
for fifty years of publication
2007 • Bill Young—Public Information Manager,
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
2008 • Bob Burke—author, and supporter of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book
B.J. Williams—producer and host of
“Read About It,” and Past President of the
Oklahoma Center for the Book
2009 • Glenda Carlile—20 years of service to
the Center as volunteer, board member,
president and executive director
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The Oklahoma Center for the Book
wishes to thank this year’s
judges
Adrienne Butler
Mark Cotner
Brian Dahlvang
Julie Dill
Bettie Estes-Rickner
Kathryn Fanning
Dee Fisher
Dr. Hugh Foley
Larry Mike Garmon
Danny Gordon
Patricia Loughlin
Jeff Martin
Sharon Martin
Louisa McCune-Elmore
Kitty Pittman
Richard Rouillard
Carl Sennhenn
Sandy Shropshire
Kristin Sorocco
William R. Struby
Leah Taylor
Al Turner
Maria Veres
Revere Young
The Center acknowledges the generous contributions
of the following organizations
and individuals
Barnes and Noble
Best of Books, Edmond
Bill and Irene’s Flowers
Glenda Carlile
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Chickasaw Regional Library System
Rodger Harris, Research Division
of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Fred Marvel, Photographer
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma Heritage Association
University of Oklahoma Press Special thanks
Ceremony Committee—Gini Campbell, Karen Klinka, and Kitty Pittman
Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Public Information Office—Connie Armstrong, Michael
O’Hasson, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young
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“WOW! I expected nothing like the book you produced. What a beautiful piece of work. …
It’s really one of the best regional books I’ve ever seen.” John Mark Dempsey, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University–Commerce
Baseball in the Cross Timbers—The Story of the Sooner State League
Available in bookstores
and from the author at www.soonerstateleague.com
“An extraordinary
accomplishment. …
What stands out, at
least at first, are the
dozens of rare photos
and the beautiful
design of each page. …
Pierce’s prose stands
out. He’s done a labor-of-
lovingly thorough
job of chronicling the
league that played
from 1947–57.”
Bob Hesom, The Oklahoman,
Sunday, July 19, 2009
“I will say, unequivocally,
that it is the finest book
I’ve ever seen on Class D
baseball.”
John G. Hall, baseball historian,
Columbia, Missouri
Project Highlights
The Oklahoma Center for the Book (OCB) in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and its Friends
support group participated in several events in the last year.
Oklahoma Author Database—Oklahoma author information continues to be updated in a database
and is available for use by libraries, schools, and individuals. Log on to www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us,
and click “collections” and “authors” to see this work-in-progress.
Letters About Literature is a contest co-sponsored with the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress and Target Corporation. Students write a letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how
a book has influenced his or her life. Oklahoma’s first-place winners received a Target gift card and a
$100 cash prize. The awards ceremony was held at the State Capitol on March 31, 2010, with Lieuten-ant
Governor Jari Askins serving as the emcee.
Kids Caught Reading is an annual event that the Center has been pleased to participate in for several
years. Friends of the Center will again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are
“caught reading” in their spare time.
Romance in the Stacks—Romance authors from around the state gathered in Tulsa in November and
again in Oklahoma City in February to promote romance writing. Librarians and members of the public
were invited to attend these author panel sessions, sponsored by the Center and its Friends group.
Literary Landmark—The Center served as a sponsor of the Literary Landmark event on November 17,
2009, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The event honored literary giant John Joseph Matthews. The Friends
group donated $500 to the event.
National Book Festival—For the past seven years, the Center has hosted an Oklahoma booth at the
festival in Washington, D.C. Last year, board member Glenda Carlile and Executive Director Connie
Armstrong distributed 300 free copies of S is for Sooner to children (thanks to Sleeping Bear Press).
Oklahoma Library Association annual conference—The Friends of the Center for the Book provided
funds to sponsor author panels at the 2009 conference. The Friends will also participate in the 2010
conference held this month.
Red Dirt Book Festival—The Center manned a booth at the festival held in Shawnee, Oklahoma,
November 5–7, 2009. Board member Dee Fisher and Executive Director Connie Armstrong presented
material promoting the Center and its activities.
Information is available for membership to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book—please
call 405–522–3383 or email carmstrong@oltn.odl.state.ok.us.
2612 South Harvard, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 • 918–743���3544
Read About It
Congratulates the Center
for the Book on its 21 st
Annual Celebration of
Oklahoma Books and
Authors.
Read About It airs on Cox Cable.
Please check your local listings.
Connie Armstrong—Norman
Bettye Black—Langston
Bob Burke—Oklahoma City
Glenda Carlile—Oklahoma City
Louix Escobar-Matute—Tulsa
Dee Fisher—Norman
Jennifer Greenstreet—Ada
Julia Harmon—Shawnee
Rodger Harris—Oklahoma City
Gerald Hibbs—Edmond
Julie Hovis—Edmond
Karen Klinka—Edmond
Jeff Martin—Tulsa
Susan McVey—Oklahoma City
Raymond Munkres—Midwest City
Karen Neurohr—Stillwater
Kitty Pittman—Oklahoma City
Julie Porter—Oklahoma City
Judy Randle—Tulsa
Sandra Soli—Oklahoma City
Kristin Sorocco—Oklahoma City
Alice Stanton—Norman
Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa
M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City
B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City
Laurie Williams—Ardmore
William R. Young—Oklahoma City
Friends of the Center
The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501–c-3 organization.
The Friends is a cultural and educational corporation to advance and promote the role
of the book and reading in Oklahoma. The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book
supports and further enhances the programs and projects of the Oklahoma Center for
the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress. A volunteer board of directors from across the state governs the
Friends.
President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore
Vice-President—Richard Rouillard—Oklahoma City
Secretary—Wayne Hanway—McAlester
Treasurer—Gini Moore Campbell—Oklahoma City
200 NE 18 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105–3298
www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb 405–522–3575

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